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  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    What's in a Name?: Defining Pathogenic Fibroblasts in Systemic Sclerosis
    Moderator: Kristina Clark, MD, PhD, MRCP – University of Oxford
    Moderator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF
    Session Coordinator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Central Time
    Defining Pathogenic Fibroblasts in the Skin
    Speaker: John Varga, MD – University of Michigan
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    Defining Pathologic Fibroblasts in the Lung
    Speaker: Tatsuya Tsukui, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Central Time
    High-Intensity Training in Rheumatology: Impacts on Cardiovascular Health, Physical Function, and Immune Response
    Moderator: Yvonne Golightly, PhD,MS,PT – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Moderator: Louise Thoma, PhD, DPT – University of North Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Louise Thoma, PhD, DPT – University of North Carolina
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    2:45 PM – 3:15 PM Central Time
    High-Intensity Exercise in Inflammatory Arthritis
    Speaker: Kim M. Huffman, MD, PhD – Duke University School of Medicine
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Central Time
    High-Intensity Exercise in Myositis and Other Rheumatic Conditions
    Speaker: Helene Alexanderson, PhD, PT – Karolinska University Hospital
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Updates in Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissue Diseases
    Moderator: Alana Haussmann, MD – University of California Los Angeles
    Moderator: Lorinda Chung, MD, MS – Stanford University
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Central Time
    Personalized Approach to Screening and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissue Diseases
    Speaker: Kristin B. Highland, MD – Cleveland Clinic
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Novel Therapies for Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissues: A Cardiology Perspective
    Speaker: Benjamin Freed, MD – Northwestern
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Challenges and Solutions for Management of Raynaud's Phenomenon
    Moderator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Moderator: Arissa Young, MD – UCLA
    Session Coordinator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
    Practical Approach to Nailfold Capillaroscopy for the Busy Rheumatologist
    Speaker: Tracy Frech, MD, MS – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Emerging Strategies for Evaluating and Treating Raynaud's Phenomenon and Digital Ulcer
    Speaker: John Pauling, PhD, BSc, FRCP, MBBCH – North Bristol NHS Trust
  • Wednesday, Oct 29th
    8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Central Time
    Say Cheese: Oral Health in Scleroderma and Sjögren's Disease
    Moderator: Cristina Padilla, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
    Moderator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
  • Wednesday, Oct 29th
    8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Central Time
    Overview of Periodontal and Gingival Disease in Scleroderma and Sjögren's Disease
    Speaker: Andrew Leask, PhD – University of Saskatchewan
  • Wednesday, Oct 29th
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Central Time
    Treatment Options for Oral Disease in Scleroderma and Sjögren's Disease
    Speaker: Natalia Trehan, DMD (she/her/hers) – Medical University of South Carolina
  • Wednesday, Oct 29th
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Ebbs and Flow: Endothelial Alterations in Systemic Sclerosis
    Moderator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF
    Moderator: Mengqi Huang, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
    Session Coordinator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF
  • Wednesday, Oct 29th
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Central Time
    EndoMT in Systemic Sclerosis
    Speaker: Eliza Pei-Suen Tsou, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
  • Wednesday, Oct 29th
    12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Dysregulated Angiogenesis in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension
    Speaker: Benjamin Korman, MD – University of Rochester